page_title: 146th Airlift Wing
section_title: Lineage
hierarchical_section_title: 146th Airlift Wing / History / Lineage
caption_attribution_description: English: 146th Fighter-Bomber Wing - Emblem
context_page_description: The 146th Airlift Wing is a unit of the California Air National Guard, stationed at Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, Oxnard, California. If activated to federal service, the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command.
  The 115th Airlift Squadron assigned to the Wings 146th Operations Group, is a descendant organization of the 115th Observation Squadron, established on 16 June 1924. It is one of the 29 original National Guard Observation Squadrons of the United States Army National Guard formed before World War II. It is the oldest unit in the California Air National Guard, having almost 90 years of service to the state and nation.
context_section_description: Constituted as 373d Fighter Group on 25 May 1943
  Activated on 15 August 1943
  Inactivated on 7 November 1945
  Re-designated 146th Fighter Group. Allotted to California ANG on 24 May 1946.
  Extended federal recognition on 16 September 1946
  Established as: 146th Composite Wing  and allotted to California ANG, 31 October 1950
  Organized and received federal recognition, 1 November 1950, assuming personnel and equipment of 62d Fighter Wing (Inactivated)
  Group re-designated: 146th Composite Group, assigned as subordinate unit
  Re-designated: 146th Fighter Wing on 1 February 1951
  Group re-designated 146th Fighter Group
  Federalized and placed on active duty, 1 March 1951
  Re-designated: 146th Fighter-Bomber Wing on 1 June 1951
  Group re-designated 146th Fighter-Bomber Group
  Released from active duty and returned to California state control, 11 December 1952
  Re-designated: 146th Fighter-Interceptor Wing, 1 July 1955
  Group re-designated 146th Fighter-Interceptor Group
  Re-designated: 146th Air Transport Wing, 1 October 1961
  Group re-designated 146th Air Transport Group
  Federalized and placed on active duty, 1 October 1961
  Released from active duty and returned to California state control, 31 August 1962
  Re-designated: 146th Military Airlift Wing, 8 January 1966
  Group re-designated 146th Military Airlift Group
  Re-designated: 146th Tactical Airlift Wing, 1 April 1970
  Group re-designated 146th Tactical Airlift Group
  146th Tactical Airlift Group inactivated 30 June 1974
  Re-designated: 146th Airlift Wing, 16 March 1992
  Group re-activated and re-designated 146th Operations Group
caption: Legacy 146th Fighter-Bomber Wing Emblem
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